[Ferret-talk] acts_as_ferret and indexes created with ferret

[Jens Krämer]

Hi!

On 16.10.2008, at 16:01, Lyes Amazouz wrote:
>
> I've have created an index using a Rerret based application, and may  
> aim is to create a Ruby Rails Web application that will allows to  
> search using my index!
>
> I tried yo use the acts_as_ferret plugin for Rails, but when I have  
> read the tutorials, it seemed to mes that acts_as_ferret allows only  
> to index the Ruby Rails web application data stired in it's data  
> base, and helps to operate researches using the created index.
>
> But I really wonder if acts_as_ferret may allow to load an external  
> already created index (Like the index I've created with my  
> application) in order to use the acts_as_ferret technology to make  
> researches on it and display the results using a Ruby Rails  
> application!
>
> Is this possible, if not, have any one any idea!

If you don't plan to modify the ferret index from inside your Rails  
application, the easiest way is to use Ferret's API directly for  
querying your index. Acts_as_ferret won't be of much help in your  
case, since it's focus is to keep an index in sync with a database  
that is accessed via active record.


Cheers,
Jens

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